lecture capture

For fall, Academic Technology Services has made two major updates to some of the technology you use in classrooms: Tegrity lecture capture and the TurningPoint clickers.

Tegrity

HTML5 video playback is now available in supported browsers. This provides an improved viewing experience for students, along with greater search capability through the new video tagging feature for faculty. Instructors also now have annotation tools for Mac. We have also enabled an option for instructors to allow student recording uploads. For more information on these new features, please read the upgrade support documentation. Faculty can also register for hands-on training. For the newest release of Tegrity you may need to clear your cache for playback.

TurningPoint student response system (clickers)

For faculty, there is a new registration process with the release of TurningPoint Cloud. All classroom computers will be automatically updated to the new software, but faculty MUST update their accounts at account.turningpoint.com. And if you are using TurningPoint 5 on a personal computer, download the new cloud software in order to continue integrating with Blackboard; old versions will not work. For more information on the new software and registration process, please see visit the TurningPoint documentation and training center.

The upgrade will allow students to use both licensed clickers and ResponseWare accounts interchangeably in a course (instructor permitted). Whether students use ResponseWare or clickers, they will need to purchase a license. Please read and carefully follow the process for rebate information, and to ensure that any previous license for a ResponseWare or clicker device is applied correctly. New TurningPoint users can find information about this service here.

TurningPoint will be on campus this week and next for TurningPoint Cloud demos and Q&A.

When:

Thursday, September 4: 10:00am – 4:00pm

Friday, September 5: 8:00am – 10:30am

Monday, September 8: 9:00am – 3:00pm

Friday, September 12: TBA

Where:

Discovery Lab, 1st Floor Snell Library (Behind Argo Tea)

Classroom Updates

In an ongoing effort to improve the classroom experience at Northeastern, Information Technology Services updated several classrooms in Forsyth Building, Kariotis Hall and Richards Hall over the summer. The following classrooms were refreshed with newer/updated technology and now allow for HDMI inputs:

130 Forsyth Building

202 Forsyth Building

208 Kariotis Hall

225 Richards Hall

226 Richards Hall

458 Richards Hall

For more information about these updates, please contact the ITS Service Desk at 617.373.4357.